The coastal storm that has been torturing the Outer Banks since early Sunday morning brought more overwash at this morning’s high tide, but Highway 12 has stayed open and all communications on Hatteras are back to normal — as in texting, e-mailing, Facebook. Today was cool and drizzly, but the wind has diminished. The ocean, […]
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Today was the day that a relatively minor coastal storm hit Hatteras with a major punch. The storm that started winding up early Sunday morning was not particularly remarkable — north to northeast winds sustained at 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 and seas peaking at 15 to 17 feet. However, this morning, […]
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NAGSHEAD — John Hayne Hissey, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 7, at a nursinghome in Nags Head at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife of manyyears, Doris, sons Dave, Steve and wife Connie, and a daughter, SusanAlasandro. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Sara and KristenAlasandro and father Ernie and […]
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HATTERAS — Marci Allison Oden, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. Bornon Dec. 5, 1972, Marci was a graduate of the North Carolina School ofthe Arts in Winston-Salem, N.C., and The Maryland Institute College ofArt in Baltimore, MD. Aside from her art, she loved to cook, theoutdoors, tandem surfing and anything to do with […]
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A coastal low pressure will develop off the North Carolina coast on Sunday, drift to the south, and then re-intensify before it moves north and northeast Monday into Monday night. Late on Saturday afternoon, The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., issued a wind advisory for the Outer Banks, a gale warning for coastal waters, […]
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Weary veterans of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore off-road vehicle wars are needed to share their experiences with supporters of access at Cape Lookout National Seashore, who are fighting their own battle with the Park Service over the proposed ORV plan there. The North Carolina General Assembly has chosen to get more involved with the […]
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The on-again off-again Mid-Currituck Bridge proposal is back on the table, with its inclusion in the draft state transportation plan that was released on Thursday. But the U.S. 64 widening and bridge replacement project between Columbia and Manns Harbor did not make the cut. Construction of the long-planned 7-mile toll bridge over Currituck Sound […]
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The U.S. House of Representatives this afternoon passed the $585 billion National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 300 to 119 in a “yay” or “nay” vote that lasted just five minutes. Attached to the bill and also passed is a public lands package of bills, one of which includes some significant changes to […]
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In a surprise move, the lame-duck U.S. Congress — hurrying to wind up its business and get out of Washington — appears to be on the brink of passing legislation that would make some significant changes to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Off-Road Vehicle Plan. Late on Tuesday night, lawmakers attached a package of more […]
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Each fall, the annual migration of birds along the coastal flyways usually results in a rare or unusual species making an appearance, much to the pleasure of bird watchers and nature photographers. On Hatteras Island, at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, such birds have been hard to overlook. Anyone driving along Highway 12 through […]
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